December 3, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given conditional approval for an Investigational Device Exception (IDE) application for a system for treating coronary artery disease. The pivotal trial will look at the Tryton Side Branch Stent.

November 29, 2010 – Independent research firm Frost and Sullivan has given TeraRecon the North American Growth Leadership of the Year award in Advanced Visualization and Clinical Applications. This is the sixth time in the past 10 years that Frost and Sullivan has given the company an award. The company also received the European Company of the Year award for medical imaging.

November 24, 2010 – Data from the PICTURE trial showed that an insertable cardiac monitor led to diagnosis and treatment for 78 percent of patients who experienced a recurrent syncopal (fainting) event during the study. The Reveal family of insertable cardiac monitors, by Medtronic, also showed that 75 percent of those diagnosed were shown to have a cardiac cause of their syncopal event.

November 24, 2010 – Researchers at Northwestern are utilizing a patient’s own stem cells to regenerate heart and vascular tissue, offering a potential new treatment for cardiovascular disease. Northwestern Medicine is the lead site for a study examining stem cell transplantation as treatment for critical limb ischemia.

November 24, 2010 - Rotational computed tomography angiography (CTA), a new noninvasive imaging modality, has the ability to display angiography in 3-D formats. This allows for considerable simplification of orientation of complex fenestrated/branched stent grafts in 3-D views, as well as catheterization of target vessels.

November 23, 2010 – Boston Scientific will acquire Sadra Medical, a development-stage company in Los Gatos, Calif. Boston Scientific will pay $193 million up front, plus potential payments of up to $193 million upon achievement of specified regulatory and revenue-based milestones through 2016. The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter 2010 or early 2011.

November 23, 2010 – Study results found significant differences in men and women older than 80 who underwent carotid surgical incision and carotid artery angioplasty and stenting. The results were presented by Caron B. Rockman, M.D., associate professor of surgery at the New York University School of Medicine at the VEITHsymposium.